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Archives"Flensburgh/ Flansburgh and "Arnhem" (both Dutch?)
I assume this represent the point of origin, but what do they respectively mean? Any help welcome.
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Just to say thanks for the help as always, i'll keep searching for Arnhem.....
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The origin of the German place-name Flensburg is not certain. It probably means "castle/town at the river Flensaa". The name of the river is said to be from Old Danish "flen" (tip of the fork) and maybe refers to the sharp inner part of the Flensborg Fjord.
(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)
(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)
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Well, Arnhem is a city in the Netherlands, what it means, I don't know.
Flansburgh or Flensburgh I have no idea. Burgh means city, a flens(je) is a dutch word for a smal pancake, but I'm almost positive that that's not what it means here. Maybe it's Flamish? It seems very Belgian to me...
~Lully Lulla~
Flansburgh or Flensburgh I have no idea. Burgh means city, a flens(je) is a dutch word for a smal pancake, but I'm almost positive that that's not what it means here. Maybe it's Flamish? It seems very Belgian to me...
~Lully Lulla~
This message was edited 3/23/2005, 11:30 PM
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Arnhem is a city in the Netherlands. I believe that the original name of the city was Arendsheim - from arn - eagle and heim - home.
There are German last names Flansburg and Flensburg (no h), both denoting that their bearers are from Flensburg - a city in the German province of Schleswig-Holstein. I have no idea where Flensburg comes from, other then that burg means city.
~ Ivayla
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every moment of it.
There are German last names Flansburg and Flensburg (no h), both denoting that their bearers are from Flensburg - a city in the German province of Schleswig-Holstein. I have no idea where Flensburg comes from, other then that burg means city.
~ Ivayla
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every moment of it.
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